A Conversation with Julian Burnside AO QC

Melaleuca Refugee Centre, 5:30-7:30 pm, Thursday 5 February 2015

This event was arranged by DASSAN (Darwin Asylum Seekers Support and Advocacy Network) and Melaleuca Refugee Centre as a moderated conversation to hear Julian’s response to a range of questions from the floor about the future of asylum and refugee policy in Australia.

Julian Burnside AO QC is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate and author. He is known for his staunch opposition to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, and has provided legal counsel in a wide variety of high profile cases.

Melaleuca Refugee Centre Torture Trauma Survivors Service of the NT Inc. provides services for resettlement and healing of refugee survivors of torture and trauma, their families and community, and is a dynamic, community controlled, non-profit organisation operating from Darwin Northern Territory.